My THEME for the A to Z challenge 2017 is an ongoing speculative fiction story featuring telepathy.

Faze

Another fifteen minutes for honest writing. Maybe it was thinking about what he’d go back and change. Or maybe he had planned it out long ago. Either way, in Monday’s English class, Mr. Bennett says our journal writing prompt is to write a letter to our five-year-old selves.

I hold the pen with the sticker of the fat cat to the page. Words I shouldn’t write flow out.

Dear Me,

It’s not normal to hear what people are thinking. Also, try not to look when they picture themselves naked. If mom and dad drink their weird juice at dinner, tune them out all night. Oh, wait, you don’t know how to do that yet. Sorry, little me, I can’t undo that one. Don’t let it faze you too much. But, also, don’t talk about it at school the next day when there are two rabbits outside the window repeating the action. The parent-teacher conference after that is a nightmare.

Have you ever written a letter to your five-year-old self?

Mr. Bennett looks up from his desk. You’re supposed to be writing, Anah.

We’re telepaths, not time travelers. I can’t make a difference in the life of my younger self. The best I can do is try not to get discovered by the task force now or in the future.

I write nonsense over my words before scribbling the entry out. I’ll have to burn this page later.

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Author of the Existence speculative fiction book series.Fractions of Existence, book 1, is on Amazon. (Free on KU)
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I’ve written to my future self, but never the other way around. I feel like Anah – kind of pointless at that point. (Ha ha, my blog post today is E for Echo – and I just did!)
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I have never written a letter to my younger self. It sounds like such a futile activity. I mean, it won’t change my past in any way, would it?
Writing to my future self on the other hand… I guess that’s what I’ve been doing on my blog for the last 10 years.
I always believed that mind reading would be such a cool talent to have. After reading your post today, I realize that it will have its own complications.
Happy AtoZing!
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I haven’t, and wouldn’t if the letter were actually deliverable. Sure I might be able ti help my younger self avoid some of the mistakes I made, but then present me would be a different person. The concept of time travelling does not faze me..it blows my mind!D.A.Cairns has this post to share F is for Flesh Juicer

FinnBadger on April 7, 2017 at 7:58 AM

Starting to feel bad for Mr Bennett. He’s in a tough position, and Anah appears to be at the point of exerting her (teenage snarky) authority over him.

I enjoy how you use the misused phrases/words in every post to show what they truly mean. Now, if only there was a way to use telepathy to force people to use the right one 🙂 Happy A-to-Z-ing.Ronel Janse van Vuuren has this post to share Faerie: Home of the Fae #AtoZChallengeFind on Twitter: miladyronel

I have written two letters to my younger self. Both were very cathartic.

I can’t read minds but I ‘know’ stuff. Like who is pregnant before they themselves know. Who is calling on the phone. Who is coming over or who needs me, what someone is feeling. It runs in our family.

Dear Me,
You may be just five but don’t worry, it’s just a phase. You want to grow up fast but when you do, you’ll want to be five again. That’s life, I’m afraid. Don’t let it faze you.
All the best,
Me

I gotta confess, I’ve never even written a letter to my older self. Wish I had, I’d love to pull one out and read it. Maybe I’ll add that to my to-do list. My overflowing to-do list. Anyone who joins this AtoZ craze CANNOT have any free time during April, right?

Is it just me or should I be starting to get a tad worried about our Mr. Bennett? Um, dude…John has this post to share Frying panFind on Twitter: Frainstorm

Risky for Anah to write that so openly! I remember we had to do something similar in class, but write to our future selves – I opened it a few years ago and it was hysterical to read lol!Natalie Westgate has this post to share Liar (Secret Diary Of A Serial Killer)Find on Twitter: N_Westgate

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